| louse infestations of tree shrews (tupaia glis). | nine adult tree shrews, tupaia glis, recently imported from west malaysia were visually examined for ectoparasites while under general anesthesia. three shrews were infested by the sucking louse, sathrax durus , and six shrews had louse ova belonging to this species; two shrews had neither lice nor ova. a total of 20 adult female, 10 adult male, and three third instar nymphal lice was collected. lice were located on the head, flanks, and dorsal body of shrews while ova were recorded mainly from ... | 1984 | 6727291 |
| host selection and niche differentiation in sucking lice (insecta: anoplura) among small mammals in southwestern china. | understanding factors that shape host selection has been a classic issue in ecology, evolutionary biology, and epidemiological investigation. during the survey from 2000 to 2009, a total of 11,216 individuals of small mammals were captured from yunnan province in southwestern china. the captured small mammalian hosts belong to five orders, ten families, 35 genera, and 65 species and from their body surface, 38,885 individuals of ectoparasitic sucking lice were collected, which represent five fam ... | 2010 | 21140167 |